as may be agreed upon between such proposedallied member and the Board of Governors.

An active member in addition tothosenamedin Article

2.

TV may at any time be admitted in the following manner. Any four or more clubs, organizations or groups of the character prescribed in sub-division 4ofArticle II, desiring to form an association, maymake an application therefor in writing tothe

Secretary-Treasurer stating:

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(a) The territory which they desireincluded in such proposed

association.

(b) The names ofthe chibsapplying for the creation and

admission of such association and whether ornotthey orany ofthem are members ofan existing associationofthis Union.

(c) The reasons why the creation ofsuchproposed associa-tions is desired or desirable.

3.The application must further contain arequest that upon

the organization of suchassociation

it may be

admitted

to

membership on conditions tobenamed bythe Board ofGov-

ernors of the Union.

4.If the territory proposed tobeincluded in said aesociation

is apart of thatalreadyassigned toany existing association, such existing association shall have ten days' notice after the

filing of said application before any action istaken thereon bythe Board of Governors.

5.If said application shall be passed

favorably by atwo-

thirds vote oftheBoard ofGovernors voting, the President and

Secretary-Treasurer ofthe Union shall call ameeting of all the clubs so applying andall other clubs, members ofan existing

Secretary-Treasurerofthe applying association that itsorganiza- tion hasbeen completed and the Constitution and By-Laws have

beenadopted,saidassociation shall be admitted to membership,

saidadmission being granted upon the following express condi-

tions which are a part of said act of admission :

(o) That suchmembership shall besubjecttosuspension or

forfeiture in the event of failure to comply with any require-

ments of this Constitution or of any By-Law hereunder, or any decreeorruling oftheBoard of Governors or of the National Registration Committee ;and that any decree of suspension or forfeiture,when afiirmed bytwo-thirds of the Board ofGov-

ernorsvoting,shall befinal and binding.

(b) Thatitshall not make any amendment ofitsConstitution

orBy-Lawswithout first submitting the proposed amendmentto

theBoardof Governors of this Union, and that any such amend-

mentmadewithout the vote of a majority ofthe Boardof

Governorsshall be void.

(c)Thatin the event of its club membership beingreduced

tolessthanfourorganizations, itsmembership inthisUnion

shallcease,andthis Union shall be entitled to allot itssurviving

clubsandterritorytoanyother active member.

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(d) That in the event of any clubs making formal application

tobeadmitted, asaseparate association,toactive membership

in this Union, this Union shall be empowered, in its discretion,

bya two-thirds vote of its Board of Governors voting, to admit

the same as an active member, and toallotits territory.

(c) That all gamesorathleticmeetings given bysuch member,

andthe qualifications of all persons competing at such meetings,

either asmembers ofitschilis or asunattached athletes, shall be

inconformitywith the ''Conditions ofCompetition" prescribed

bythisConstitution, and the By-Laws and Rules adopted and

prescribedbythe Board of Governors.

7.The prescribed form of Constitution and By-Laws of each oftheAssociations isappended tothis Constitution.

ARTICLE VL

OBLIG.\TIONS, SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.

1. The acceptance of allied membership in this Union by any

allied Association shall operate asanagreementbinding upon this Union and such allied member that bothwill abide by the terms

of the alliance until either party, upon such notice as may be

fixed in the terms of alliance, shall voluntarily withdraw there-

from.

2. The acceptance of active membership in this Union shall

bind suchmember toabide by all the conditions thereof as set

forthinSection6 of.A.rticle Vofthis Constitution, and also all

otherprovisionsof this Constitution and of the By-Laws and RulesofthisUnion;and toaccept and enforce all decisions of theBoard of Governors and of the National Registration Com-

mittee.

3.Themembershipofanyactivememberwhich shall violate

anyoftheprovisionsoftheConstitution, By-Laws or Rules of

thisUnion,oranydecision ofthe Board of Governors, or of the NationalRegistrationCommittee, may be suspended by the BoardofGovernorsuntilthenextannual or special meeting of thisUnion,towhichmeetingsaidaction of suspension shall be

reportedbytheSecretary-Treasurer,when such suspension may beremovedbyamajority vote of all the active members voting, orbyatwo-thirdsvoteofall theactive members voting, such

activemembermaybeexpelled,andthe territory thereof bere-

organizedorassignedtoone ormore members of this Union,

consistentlywiththeConstitution.

ARTICLE VII.

REPRESENTATION OF MEMBERS.

I.Everyalliedmembershallbeentitled (unless otherwise

providedinthetermsofalliance)toberepresented at every

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meeting ofthis Union bynotmore than four delegates or alter

nates of such delegates,having,collectively, one vote.

2. Every active member must elect annually six delegates to

represent it atmeetings ofthe Union, and such delegates mustbe

members in goodstanding ofclubs belonging to such member,

and mayalsoelectsixalternates of such delegates, whomust

bemembersof any of itsown or of any other active member's

clubs, except that no member of the Board of Governors shall

beelected an alternate, andin nocaseshall any delegate oralternate represent more than one active or allied member. All the representatives of one active member shall collectively have